Hello Abdin,
Your build is simply said jaw-dropping. All the details you add and all the fantastic work (both with styrene and with brass, especially your soldering) are so inspiring. I'd like to thank that in the name of the few remaining active users of this forum!
cheers,
Zsolt

ps. how did you solve the photobucket-issue? I'm also looking for some kind of solution but I don't really want to re-address all my pictures to a new provider... I'm a lazy old man...

thanks Andrey and zsolt, now Im using imgur.com for my photos but the draw back is that
I need to upload all the photos and then edit all the posts with the new share links, its a pain in the butt but the only way Ive being able to do it so far

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Hi my friends, here with a new update on Dora, more mods have being done so here is part of it,
I’m working on the main platform and wanted to correct an error here, as you can see on the photo
When the loading platform is in the raised position and the shell cart is on its side there is a big gap between it.
This gap is not supposed to be there, the platform should be at the same height and very close to the shell tray
so it can be pushed from the cart on to the platform.

Here you can see the gap between the loading tray and the platform

Another big error is that the platform is divided in a strange way as part of it is molded into the floor
this is a terrible design error as even the hinges of the access doors on the platform stays on the floor
and the other half lifts with the platform when in the raised position.

So to fix this I started by cutting the area from the floor that belongs to the platform

The cut must be done parallel to the loading cart rail and the same length of the loading platform

Here you can see the area removed from the floor

Now the cart rail is removed and replaced with styrene as it has gaps that should not be there

The rail is fixed with the styrene strip, it measures

Now the pieces removed from the floor are to be glued to the loading platform at each side

This is how it looks with the glued part in place, do this on the other side also

With that part done now you need to cut the same amount from the main floor base so that the
Now widened loading platform can fit on it again

This inner walls on each side are cut first as it needs to be glued back again ounce you enlarge the area
I started cutting on the back all the way down

Then cut the lower side

The wall is carefully removed, now after marking each side the area is widened by 10mm
I used the dremmel to smooth the sides a little then with a sand board sanded each side smooth

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Notice the loading cart rail is on its side as close as possible so the load can be transferred easily to the loading platform

And in the lowered position

With that done I started to construct the barrel, with the drawings and measurements done
I started cutting it, the barrel is too long so it must be corrected. After all the cuts you end removing
302mm or 11.88 inches from it, that’s almost a foot!

Here is the measurements drawing with the sections to be removed

I started with the front half of the barrel and cut 176mm from it

Next 15mm are removed from the back of the front half
On The rear half of the barrel you need to remove 3 sections, 26mm, 25mm and 60mm. the photo shows the original part on top and the modified part below with the removed sections

Again the original part above and the modified part below

A view of the front section of the barrel, with the cuts already done

Comparison of the original length and the new length of the front half of the barrel

Finally the sections are glued together

The finished barrel, almost a foot shorter!

The lower recuperator base has some details that need to be corrected, there are two
Socket tools on each side, I removed the molded ones and made new ones from styrene
Sheet and tube

I removed the molded ones with a chisel blade

I made a drawing of the new parts with all the measurements

I started by the handles using 1mm styrene sheet

And cut the 4 tubes

I glued the tubes and started to trim the handles

Using PE leftover carrier I made the brackets for the tools

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